In Irkutsk, a family won 90 thousand rubles in court from a neighbor who turned her apartment into an office and tore down an interior wall. After the remodel, the floor above sagged, and experts found cracks, gaps, and peeling finishes.

In Irkutsk, a family sued their neighbor for 90,000 rubles for converting her apartment into an office.
Because a wall was demolished, the floor in the apartment above sagged.
- According to the results of the court construction and technical examination, the plaintiffs’ apartment showed peeling of the finishing layer on the walls and ceiling, cracks, gaps between the floor covering and the baseboards in the kitchen, rooms, hallway, and bathroom, - the press service of the Irkutsk Regional Court reported. - The cause was the appearance of an additional load on the floor slab and its subsidence.
The renovation in the apartment cost the Irkutsk resident dearly. The future entrepreneur decided to convert the premises into an office and hired workers who tore down an interior wall. She convened a special commission, which approved the project. The neighbors from the floor above did not like these changes, and they filed a lawsuit in court.
The plaintiffs’ family managed to win the case. Their neighbor was ordered to pay 90,000 rubles. That was the amount assessed for the damage caused.